Means for automatically producing and utilizing air-pressure.



MEANS FOR AUTOMATICALLY PRODUCING AND UTILIEHIFU- AIR PEP,

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1907.

APPLICATION FILL fV/TNESSES UNITED sat res PAT N ()FFICE.

HENRY E. Banana, or narrow, omo, m ALBERT s. ATKINS, 0! Ass: ST. LOUIS,

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MEANS son AUTOMATICALLY 'rno'nucma am) UTILIZING amrrnnssnnn.

To all whom it may concern) Be it known that we, (1). HENRY E. BOR- GER and (2) ALBERT S. ATKINS, citizens of the UnitedStates, residing at (1) Dayton and (2) East St. Louis,

. declare the followi'n to be a fi IL cIear, and exact description 0 the invention, such-as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains' to make and use. the same, ref erence being had to the accompanyi draw: ings, and to the letters and fi ureso refer ence marked thereon, which i orm a part of this specification;

Our present invention-relates to means for automatically producing and utilizing air pressures, hydraulic draft producer; an as the best method of illustrating and bringing out the practical application of'o ur inventi0n-;-hcrein set forth in part of the illusdevice. as 11p: plied to a water-closet for the ventilation, purification and sanitation of the same,-

for which purpose it is more particularly designed and 'intended:-yet its use'is not;

however, limited to water-closets alone, but is susceptible of beingused to equal advantage by being connected with any device wherein the air may be hydraulically utilized for obtaining a pneumatic pressure, as it is obvious and will become quite apparent from the following descri tion,-that-amoug some of the .many uses ()r'Wl'iiCli our invention can be employed, may-be mentioned the" fol-: lowing, to wit :.ventilation: "boiler-draft: refrigeration: purification of foul air-or the destruction of. injurious gases in chemical works; alsollie absorption by-means of the moisture from the water, Of'illl impure odors or dangerous gases generally; increasingthe humidityof the air, or cooling warmdiy air; and the condensation of vapors;-

Some of the principalzobjccts oi our said invention consist in providing a device of this nature, which will. through a hydraulic means, produce av pneumatic pressure greater at the outlet than at the inlet, whereby a suction power is created at the inlet which St. Clair and.

or what ma be termed av while we have,

Specification ofilletters P atent. .apiilication'flled May-24,1907. Serial no. a"75, 402.

"2t longitudinal sections spraying nozzle;fand Fig. 6,.is a plan view oft-lie ini'ici' face of the -clevation of a water-closet Patented Jan. 10, 1911.

will gain sufiicient force or power, so that when it passes from oris ejected from the outlet, is susceptible of utilization for va- Also to provide a device as rious pur oses.-

abovere erredto, which is simple in construction; composed of few parts; inexpensive in cost of manufacture very efiicieiit in its results; and yet one which may-with slight changes of adaptionbe' used-as an attachment in connection with various classes of devices. t

Our invention consists, essentially,-re ferring briefly and in eneral; terms to the construction of our eviee coverin the same,--of a'funnel-sha ed lady-portion; a waterorsupplypi can novel myingnozzle; an inltji all, an outlet; and the very peculiar and novel arrangement, construe tion and combination of these several parts, as will be hereinaften. more s ecifica'llydescribed in detaihand act. fort hin' the suboined clai ns inaccordance .with the statutes in such 'casesmade and provided therefor.-

Referringto the accompanying drawings constituting a formal part of this tion, and wherein the same letters of reference are employed to indicate or point out the same parts wherever occurring throughout the several views, and for the purposes of illustrating the practical'application of our invention :Figure 1, is a lan' View partially broken away and in section, showi the interior of the device: Fig. 2, is a e View partially in section,.-taken on line :r-'-:c ofFig. 1: Fig. 3, is a pers ective view of same; and Fig. 4, is an en view showing one formermanner of employing a number or group of nozzles, where it is desired tocreate a stronger draft than ordinarily, or increase the power of same beyond that furnished by a single nozzle: F ig. 5,

view-of the novel mouth-piece of said nozzle as shown in Fig. 5: Fig. 7, is a side showing our draft-producer in dotted lines, when connected thereto and in operativeposition; and Fig. 8, is a front elevation of the watercloset and draft-producer co nected thereto as shown in Fig. 7. i

In describing our said invention specifically, and referring in detail to the various parts orelements of construction which in combination make up our means for automatically producing and utilizing air pressure asshown throughout the several views of the drawings, and indicated or pointed out by means of the letters "of reference aforesaid; a indicates the body'of the draft- ;vice 'as connected with or attached to a water-clo set for the purpose of purification and ventilation, in which connection said device is shown in dotted lines resting in an inclosing casing or box F on top of and connected in any suitable ,manner as at f, 'to flush-tank E,-and'if so' desired said draftproducer may have the 's "ace around it in said inclosing casing or'box, ack'ed with saw'-dust,-wool,or. other; 11 e 'suitable material.for the purpose ofdeadenin all loud and disagreeable noisefif any,-w 'ich' may be cause by suction or action of the water under pressure, which first comes 7 from the water main or source of supply. up throu h the service pi e to sd ply-pipe g' provi ed with an or inary s ut-ofi' valve g -,-into the offset or connection g -when valve h'israised or opened by means of its stem it, connected by link i to -lever.;]c, ful- 40 crumed at l and projecti from closet 'seht L, of anordinary form 0 closet-hopper or bowl M; when 11d 'N is raised, and seat is depressed and rests down upon said bowl while the air-chamber m connected to b'ot- 5 tom of said seatbut slightly smaller-s0. that it will hang orextend inside offbut just below'the top .ed e of the bowl or hop-- per;-as will befulfy described hereinafter;--by reason of a persons weight upon said seat when occupied said seat is' rovided at the front with an ordinary, ru ber stop m for preventin any jar when depressed; alsoon each si e with a'spring support nof ordinary construction 'for k pi said seat raised, and thereby closingyvalve when the-closet is not being operated. Most ofthese partsof the closet just referred to, are of ordina andwelI known construction, and there ore need no detailed descrip- 0 tion or illustration.

Supply-pipe extends beyond offset 9? in tank-pipe 0 to flush tank i and supplies said tank with water in the ordinary and well-known manner, while flush-pipe 12 ex- '65 tends down from said tank and communithe screw-t age openings c, dow'n' a' and out of'waste plipele into said 100 flus I ta chamber m -whit:

, ractice t will of course be quite obvious and therecates with the ho pr or bowl, and flushes the same after two operation of said closet in theordinary and well known inanner.

When valve In is raised, by reason of seat L being depressed-41s heretofore described,-the water which by reason of its pressure has rushed from su ply-pipe g n'to offset or connection 9, wil now COIltlXlllQ uninterruptedly on its course into and-up branch-pipe P'to sprayin -noz'zle D -whic is securely supported wit in pneumatic escape-pipe B, near the beginning of the s 1ra -portion ,b-of said pipe or mletof t e device, as'is more fully and particularly shown in -F i nozzle D as is clearly shown in Figs; 5' and 6, is constructed-with a screw-threaded sleeve (1 formed 'withan ordinary bear'in shoulder and screw-threaded end, by whic it is tightl breaded socket of the mouth piece d: said sleeve'being provided with" a strainer or. sieve d for eepingthe water free of all grit, dirti-or 'sdiment,--which wouldotherwise clog and stop up the 0 mouth ieceof: said nozzle" said water rushes t ough the small "ori ees or perform tions'gin inner face of said mouth p ece, and be spread by pointed projection or prong r; and as it passes, out oftapered mouth-piece 5 a will beihrown in a spray of sufficient force, so that as itstrikes the walls of spiral portion 6, will passthrou' h ports or draine funnel-shaped nk,as heretofore ly and clearly described-;'thus creating a' suction ower of suflicient force'to draw 'or' suck a1 air neumatic escape-pipe B, from itsfinlet;

communicates-with air-chamber msee I g; .7) ;-when .said seatis de ressedas heretofore referred to; and all 0 ensive, foul and impure air will pass uptlrrough the numerous onenings t encirclin airis intended to the same shape 'athe closet-seat-and can be readily attached, not alone to the closet seat of new closets-of various forms, but also to the seat of anyl form or style of elegetalready in use,-aswe as the other parts ff our sys='115 tem :-said foul and impure air will now pass around andbesuckedtherefron into said pneumatic escape .pipe which communicates therewith, and thence ra idly up the same into 'spiralportion 6 w on sa d foul air will pass in a spiral orm and be partially cleansed and purified by the 's raying of the water from nozzle D, an Wlll assthence u and out of the outlet u an in be carried off outside the building.

fore readily understood that when the closet seat is depressed and water is passing from said nozzle down into the flush tank--as already clearly explained-and said tank gs. 1 and 2. Said'spraying but detachably connected to 5 guiding or directing its liming hollow is not being operated and flushing the hopper; all extra amount of water thus entering into said tank beyond its capacity,- Will readily pass on" through the usual over-flow pipe with which said tank the ordinary and well known manner.

Whenever our'spraying nozzle is found not to be sufiicient to create a strong or powerful suction enough for thepurpose desired a nun'iber of. nozzles may be employed, as illustrate in Fig. t, in which instance the power has been increased four times by simply employing four nozzles D insteao of one said group and connected to a water pipe 1?, and each one being located in a separate oompertinent formed by a short sleeve o, for spray as dischar ed therefrom; and. the entire group or num er of nozzles being encircled and inclosed by a "large pneumatic pipe B-at a point'near or about where the spiral portion begins the space at the outer end of said sleeves, between each of them and the pneumatic pipe, being closed and made air tight by'a plate '11).

Having now fully and clearly illustrated our ev1ce:-we claim as our and descrioet invention 7 1. In a hydraulic draft producer, the combination of inverted cone-shaped body spiral provided with a drainage means and having ports; means is provided-in e nozzles being arranged in a for creating a suction disposed within said spiral; an inlet to said spiral; and an outlet to said spiral.

2. The combination in a means for auto: matically producing and utilizing air pressure, of a'funnel-shaped body; a hollow spiral provided with small openings connected Withsaid body; an air-inlet to said spiral; a spraying no zzle adapted to receive water and resting in said spiral; and outlet or escape to said spiral; substantially as described.

3. Ina hydraulic draftproducer, the combination of an inverted cone-shaped body; a spiral pipe provided with a drainage means and connected to said body; aninlet to said spiral-pipe; a spraying nozzle resting Within said spiral-pipe; and an outlet from 1 said spiral-pipe; all substantially in the manner and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof, We afiix our signatures, in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY eonenn. ALBERT s. ATKINS.

L.. WIN KLER. 

